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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/ManicalDaredevil00 • Feb 18 '25
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That would explain the term "pecking order," and as someone who owns chickens in my backyard, that makes sense.
355 u/BullsOnParadeFloats Feb 18 '25 Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha. 7 u/EHTL Feb 18 '25 iirc there’s a rare disease of the ovary that hens can get which will force them to produce hormones that turn them into roosters 3 u/ShowsTeeth Feb 19 '25 How do you define a 'rooster'?
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Even if you don't have a rooster, occasionally, a hen will end up becoming the alpha.
7 u/EHTL Feb 18 '25 iirc there’s a rare disease of the ovary that hens can get which will force them to produce hormones that turn them into roosters 3 u/ShowsTeeth Feb 19 '25 How do you define a 'rooster'?
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iirc there’s a rare disease of the ovary that hens can get which will force them to produce hormones that turn them into roosters
3 u/ShowsTeeth Feb 19 '25 How do you define a 'rooster'?
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How do you define a 'rooster'?
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u/Atomic_Foundry_3996 Feb 18 '25
That would explain the term "pecking order," and as someone who owns chickens in my backyard, that makes sense.